Publication · 1543 CE

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

History of Astronomy

About the work

Copernicus's masterwork, 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres', setting out the heliocentric system in full. Published in the year of his death, it began the displacement of the Earth from the centre of the cosmos.

Author

Nicolaus Copernicus

Introduced

Presents

The Heliocentric Model

Knowledge connections

Published byNicolaus Copernicus
Part ofRenaissance Astronomy
IntroducedThe Heliocentric Model

Sources & references

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BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.
IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.

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